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About Malcolm Francke
- Fredrick Malcolm Francke (21 March 1939 in Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka) is a former Australian first-class cricketer who played for Queensland. A leg spinner, Francke played for Ceylon in 1957/58, and worked and played cricket in England for several years prior to migrating to Australia.
- He reports having had offers to play first-class county cricket in England but chose not to because it would have been a full-time commitment requiring him to suspend his career as an accountant.
- He represented Queensland from 1971/72 to 1985/86, making his debut against a touring World XI side.
- Francke dismissed Clive Lloyd twice and also took the wickets of captain Rohan Kanhai and Sunil Gavaskar.
- He went on to take a total of 167 career first class wickets for Queensland with an innings best of 6 for 62 against South Australia in 1974. In a 1977 article Ian Chappell called Francke "a very steady type of spinner, with good line and length, but I can't really see him bowling out Test batsmen.
- As well, he is getting on in years."He appeared to have played his last game in 1980 but made a return 6 years later to play in the 1985/86 Sheffield Shield season.In 1975 he was part of a rebel tour of South Africa, playing for the Brian Close-led DH Robins XI. Leading Australian spinner Ashley Mallett considered Francke to be the best legspinner in Australia during his time and was disappointed Francke never played Test cricket.
- He had been mentioned in particular as a test chance in 1972/73 and 1973/74 and 74/75.In September 2018, he was one of 49 former Sri Lankan cricketers felicitated by Sri Lanka Cricket, to honour them for their services before Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
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